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Relics of the Six Martyr Mexican Knight of Columbus Priests in West Des Moines

Bishop Richard Pates celebrates Mass concluding the Encuentro Diocesano at Saint Francis of Assisi Church in West Des Moines on 17 November 2013. In the foreground is the reliquary containing the relics of six Knights of Columbus priest martyrs of Mexico who were canonized by Blessed John Paul II in 2000.